ASSE changed ownership on Monday June 3. Kilmer Sports Ventures now owns AS Saint-Etienne. News that Maxime Bossis commented on in Le Progrès.
The Greens passed under the Canadian flag on June 3, 2024. News that has not escaped anyone. In the same way as the rise of ASSE in Ligue 1. Maxime Bossis (69 years old) spoke to Progrès. The opportunity to look back on his time at ASSE as Sports Director. If Ivan Gazidis wanted to be reassuring, the former Blues defender remains very cautious towards investors who arrive in Ligue 1. The former FC Nantes player was cooled by the situation experienced by the Girondins from Bordeaux.
A failed move to ASSE
Maxime Bossis : « I had refused coaching offers before coming to Saint-Étienne as sports director. As things didn’t work very well for Elie Baup’s first year as coach, he left. But I refused to take over. Except for the derby where I launched Willy Sagnol (ASSE-OL in 1995, 1-1, Editor’s note), before bringing in Dominique Bathenay.
It was not my calling. It didn’t make me want to be a coach any more. I could have been a manager in Nantes or elsewhere, but I never sought to necessarily stay in the football world. »
Maxime BOSSIS – 21.07.2010 – Saint Etienne / Monaco – Match Amical – Evian – Photo : Thomas Pictures / Jean Paul Thomas / Icon Sport – Photo by Icon Sport
The sale of the Greens
Maxime Bossis : « Lfor sale of ASSE? This is in line with what is happening in French clubs with a lot of foreign investors. With the advantage sometimes of injecting money and having a competitive team, but also the danger that they leave as quickly as they came. Bordeaux had the bitter experience of this. I hope it goes well for the Stéphanois. »
